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The Great British Bake Off in Battersea: the results

Yawn. No wonder my mother never let me eat sweets at night. They play havoc with sleep. And having eaten copious amounts of cake and buns at 10.30pm last night I should know.

The Great British Bake Off in Battersea last night was deemed a success by its two entrants/judges/consumers. The Husband managed a light, fluffy sponge and I managed some well risen but wonky Chelsea buns.

First up, the coffee and walnut cake (the walnuts had gone walkies):

Second up, the Chelsea buns:

And we stuck to some very traditional rules and didn’t so much as glance at a Magimix the whole evening. Or a glass of wine.

I noticed on your website you have an editorial about the Great British Bake-Off and that you enjoyed the last series.
We are actually beginning to start production on series 2 now and it would be great to place a shout-out on your webpage for amateur bakers to apply for the next series. Please feel free to apply yourselves as well.